CFP: Rural Tourism

October 1, 2010

Theme: RURAL TOURISM
Submission deadline: February 19, 2011

Guest editors for this edition of the journal are Prof. Phd. Michael Sofer (Department of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Phd. Alon Gelbman (Department of Tourism and Hospitality Studies, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel).

Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends invites academics and professionals in tourism to send manuscripts for publication consideration in the next issue of the journal, dedicate to rural tourism. This form of tourism has been increasingly more popular among tourists of all types. In the same time, the competition is higher.

The objective of this issue is to investigate the trends in rural tourism all over the world.

Articles could focus on areas such as
– forms of rural tourism
– good practices in the field of rural tourism
– tourist behavior
– authenticity in rural tourism
– impact of tourist flows on local communities
– trends in positioning strategies in rural tourism

Additional topics and approaches are encouraged.

Timeline:
Deadline of submission: 19th of February. 2011
Author notification: 25th of March 2011
Final acceptance of paper: 7th of May 2011